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Frayed Knot May 05 2009 08:42 PM

That's one each for Murphy, Sheffield & Delgado so far this year. Am I missing any?

Elster88 May 05 2009 08:46 PM

Murphy's getting better, Delgado won't do that shit again, and Sheffield is [not] hitting himself right to the bench and perhaps unemployment. Let's do it Mets.

Rockin' Doc May 05 2009 08:47 PM

I'm not sure if there are any others, but you certainly haven't missed as many as the Mets have.

HahnSolo May 05 2009 08:54 PM

Did Church drop one in the opening series at Citi?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 05 2009 08:57 PM

Yeah but that wasn't routine. The others show a lack of concentration, particularly when considered together.

batmagadanleadoff May 05 2009 08:58 PM

Alex Cora wouldn't have dropped any of those muffed balls.

HahnSolo May 05 2009 09:47 PM

="Elster88"]Murphy's getting better, Delgado won't do that shit again, and Sheffield is [not] hitting himself right to the bench and perhaps unemployment. Let's do it Mets. Delgado has one-handed popups many occasions. I expect he will continue to do so at least some of the time.

G-Fafif May 06 2009 06:17 AM

Delgy had an oopsie like that early in Game Two of the '06 NLCS. Foreshadowed an awful evening.

Frayed Knot May 06 2009 07:06 AM

My only point in even bringing this up was that you generally see, what, maybe 2 of those in a season? And yet we've already seen 3 now with still about 85% of the year still to come. Plus one of them directly cost us a game (Murphy's) and Delgado's last night nearly did.

Benjamin Grimm May 06 2009 07:25 AM

Didn't Castro have a "prolonging the time at bat" drop of a pop up behind the plate? I think it was with Santana on the mound, if I remember correctly.

Frayed Knot May 06 2009 07:33 AM

Yup! I rate those as a bit tougher than the others because of the angle the catcher has to deal with and the fact that his glove isn't ideal for the task -- but it was definitely another one where a NYM fielder, while camped under a ball, had said ball hit him dead-central in the glove and still pop out

Frayed Knot Jun 13 2009 05:31 AM

Add another

HahnSolo Jun 13 2009 12:18 PM

I'm not a pro baseball player, but both the Castillo and Delgado drops bring a question to mind. When did the one hand at shoulder height catch of a pop up become acceptable? Everybody seems to do it, so I won't get down too much on those two guys. But whatever happened to getting under it and turning your glove up above your head?

Edgy DC Jun 13 2009 12:35 PM

Guys have gotten away with it as long as I can rememember. Few ffolks makes a fuss about two hands until you drop it.

MFS62 Jun 13 2009 01:13 PM

="HahnSolo":1t3l4hdp]I'm not a pro baseball player, but both the Castillo and Delgado drops bring a question to mind. When did the one hand at shoulder height catch of a pop up become acceptable? Everybody seems to do it, so I won't get down too much on those two guys. But whatever happened to getting under it and turning your glove up above your head?[/quote:1t3l4hdp] The first I remember seeing do it were Roberto Clemente in the outfield and Vic Power in the infield. (For you kiddies out there, Vic was a very good fielding first baseman.) Later Frayed Knot Jul 04 2009 04:13 PM 7/4 -- Omir Santos, in the CBP, with the catcher's glove. Directly leads to one run and comes just two outs after Wright inexplicably backs off of a foul pop up. Ashie62 Jul 04 2009 04:19 PM ="Frayed Knot":1j03jjer]7/4 -- Omir Santos, in the CBP, with the catcher's glove. Directly leads to one run and comes just two outs after Wright inexplicably backs off of a foul pop up.[/quote:1j03jjer] I don't usually agree with McCarver but this IS major league baseball Edgy DC Jul 10 2009 06:44 PM Blown rundown play, 7/9. Frayed Knot Jul 10 2009 06:45 PM Well, shit, if we're going to track simple errors here we're going to need more bandwidth.